I apologize for my nonexistant posting this week. I got sick again a week ago today. Which was mostly weakness, painful coughing and a lot of congestion. I hate talking about being sick, it's a lot like talking about the weather...boring to me. So all told, I went to the doctor nurse practitioner, I had an ear infection.
I've been taking vitamins and drinking water on a pretty regular rotation and eating really well. I have so much energy today because of it. I'm still coughing, but I'm just ready to get back to normal.
What do you like to eat?
I've been thinking a little this week about food that I like. Food that I actually like. As I was craving garlic, olive oil, salmon, salads and qunioa pretty much everyday this week. When I'm sick I like comfort food and those foods comforted me, but traditionally I think of comfort food as mashed potatoes and macaroni and cheese.
Often times I will eat something that I think I like, usually of the high carb, high fat, high sugar variety only to find that I only think I like it. I mentally think I like eating crap food, but when I actually think about it while doing it I find myself thinking "this really isn't that good, why am i eating it?" which is pretty common for me when it comes to most fast food or convenience foods. I know I'm not alone, I've heard people say "I ate __________ and I really did not like it at all, I felt like crap afterwards" and so I've been asking myself what do I really like to eat?
When I listen to my body, my body likes salads with protein. I love salads. I don't like them because they are healthful, or because they are "diet food" I love them because they taste good and I feel good when I eat them.
I love oily salmon with lots of garlic and olive oil and quinoa (very high in protein and fiber) pretty much the same as the salmon: with lots of garlic and a dash of sea salt. I've found that I crave this food a lot on dark salad greens mixed together with yogurt dressing or oil-based dressing.
Eating this way is not only filling, but satisfying. I never feel physically sick after eating it. I'm finding that I'm gravitating towards food that make me feel good and I crave that feeling over comfort. This is a place that I have not easily arrived to, trust me, this has been a struggle.
So I'm just curious about the rest of you... comfort, stress, advertising aside, what does your body crave?
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